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APPLIGLTIOH FILED HOV. 17, 1906.

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ALLEN E. J. LUCKHURST, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERsE REGISTERING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALLEN E. J. LUCK- nuns'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey City, New Jersey, have invent ed certain Improvements in Registering Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a regis ering device of a relatively simple and inexpensive character, and available for recording the amounts of cash received for sales in stores or shops as a substitute for the expensive devices now employed for that purpose, although it.can, if desired, be made of a size small enough to be carried in the pocket in order to permit the user to keep an accurate account of personal expenditures.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a front view of a registering device made in accordance with my invention and intended for use in shops or stores; Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the machine; Fig. 4 is a. transverse section on the line a-a Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a 5 transverse section on the line bb, Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a transverse section on the line cc, Fig. 3; Fig. 7 is a transverse section on the line (ld, Fig. 3; Fig. 8 is asectional plan view on the line ee, Fig. 3; Fig. 9 is a sectional view of the devices for securing and releasin the hands used in connection with the totaling dial of the machine, and Fig. 10 is a sectional view of a special form of registering device made in accordance with my 5 invention and intended for'pocket use.

My improved registering device may have a casing of any desired character, depending u on the size of the machine and the use for w iich it is intended. The machine shown 40 in Figs. 1 to 8 of the drawings is intended for use in shops or stores and 18 of a relatively large size, its casing resembling that of a mantel clock, but the device is susceptible of being made on a much smaller scale, so that it i can be inclosed in a casing similar to that of a. watch and can be carried in the pocket. The registers of the larger size are intended to provide a cheap and acceptable substitute for the elaborate and expensive machines now used in shops and-stores for the purpose of registering cash sales, and the registers of the smaller size are available for the purpose of registering the personal expenditures of the user.

The device has front and back plates, the

front plate 1 having an annular rim 2 sur- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 17, 1906. Serial No. 243,870.

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rounding the opening for exposing, the rima-ry registering dial '3, and the back p ate. 4 h. ving an o ening surrounded bya rim 5 for exposing tlie totalin dial 6, upon which is registered the sum 0? the amountsindiv cated by the successive operations of the primary pointer, this opem'ng being. if desired, provided with a locked cover plate, in order that it may be shielded from the view of those not authorized to examine it.

The frame work of the device comprises\;' four parallel plates 8, 9, 10 and 11, which are rigidly secured in their proper lateral relation to each other by means of transverse stay bolts 12 provided with suitable nuts bearing upon the various plates of the frame, these plates also providing proper bearings for the various spindles of the registering mechanism;

A spindle 13 has an o crating wheel or knob 14, with milled peri iery, which can be readily turned in either direction by the user, and to said spindle is secured a spur wheel 15 which meshes with an intermediate spur 89 wheel 16 turning loosely upon a spindle 17, such intermediate spur wheel meshing with a sppr wheel 18 secured to the spindle 19 of the primary pointer 20, which 0 crates in conunction with the primary dml 3, the latter 35 being graduated from zero to ninety-nine, so that one rotation of the pointer 20 will represent one hundred cents.

Operating in conjunction with the pointer 20 is a lever 21 suitably mounted upon a 90 transverse plate 22 of the frame and carrying a hammer 23 for striking'upon a gon '24, the lever being also acted upon by a coiled spring 25, which tends to cause such action of the hammer. 5

The lever 21 projects through an opening 7 in the plate 8 and dial 3, and when the ointer 20 is approaching the limit of each of its revolutions 1n the direction of the arrow,' Fig. 1, it strikes the projecting portion of said lever and moves it forwardly, thereby drawing back the hammer .23 and distending the spring 25, which, as soon as the pointer has passed the lever, restores the latter to its normal position, causing the hammer to 5 strike the gong and indicate a full revolution of the pointe ZO and consequently an amount equal to one dollar. A. transaction amounting to 51.35 therefore necessitates one ring of the gong and a further movement of the pointer 20 to the graduation 35 on the primary .dial, an amount in excess of $2.00 necessitating two rings of the gong and afurther movement of the pointer, and so on. After registering the amount of a sale the knob 14 is manipulated so as to turn thepointer 20 back to zero position, the lever 21 serving.

' manner, is a disk 26, which carries one or present instance.

more spring-pressed pawls 27, (see Fig. 5) four of these pawls being represented in the These pawls engage with a ratchet wheel 28 which is secured to the spindle 17 and the latter also carries another ratchet wheel 29 which is engaged by one or more spring-pressed pawls 30, the latter being hung to the fixed plate 9 of the frame. Any forward movement of the pinion 16 is therefore transmitted to the spindle 17 through the medium of the disk 26, awls 27 andfratchet wheel 28, but any bacr movement of said s )indle 17 is prevented by ongagement of the pawls 30 with the ratchet wheel 29, said pawls acting as detents. The spindle 17 has a s ur pinion 31 which meshes with a spur whee 32 secured to a spindle 33, the latter having a spur pinion 34 which meshes with a spur wheel 35 on a tubular shaft or hub 36 surrounding the spindle 17.

The spur wheels and pinions 31, 32, 34 and 35 are so proportioned that the hollow shaft or hub 36 will turn once for every one hundred revolutions of the spindle 1 7, the latter carrying a pointer 37 and the hub 36 carrying apointer 38, which pointers operate, re-

spectively, in connection \w't-h outer and inner graduated circles on the totaling dial 6,

each circle being graduated from zero to nine1y-nine, the outer circle represent-ing cents and the inner circle representing dollars, thetotaling dial being therefore capable of registering an amount up to one hundred dollars.

In order to increase the capabilities of the device so that it may register up to one thousand dollars, I may in some cases eniploy a disk 41 mounted upon a spindle 42 and having, equidistantly disposed on its face, numbers from zero to nine, as shown in Fig. 7, this disk being provided, on its back, wit-h ten equidistantly disposed projecting pins 43, which are successively struck and moved forwardly by an arm 44 on the spur wheel 35, one complete revolution of the latter thereby effecting one-tenth of a rotation of the disk 41 so that thenumerals upon the latter are successively exposed through an opening 45 in the dial plate 6.

. The disk 41 can be reset by a knob 46 on the spindle 4'2 whenever the arm 44 is out of the path of the pins 43, and in order to provide for resetting the pointers 37 and 38 on their spindles 17 and 36 I may employ the device shown in Fig. 9 and consisting of a pair of washers 47 and 48, the washer 47 being secured to the tubular shaft or hub 36, and the washer 4S being secured to the spindle 17, bothof these washers beingtoothed or notched on their outer faces, as shown at 47* and 48*, respectively, Fig. 9, for engagement with a projecting lug or tooth 37 or 3S on its respective pointer 37 and 38, the lug of he pointer 38 being held in engagement with the notched face of the washer 47 by contact of the hub of said winter with the back of the washer 4S, and the lug of the pointer 37 being held in engagement with the notched face of the washer 48 by the pressure upon the hub of said ointer of a nut 49, which is adapted to the threaded end of the spindle l7 and has, in its face, notches or openings 50, so disposed as to require the use of a special key for operating the nut. \Vhcn the nut is backed off, the pointer 37 and washer 48 can be moved outwardly upon the spindle 17 so as to permit the pointer 38 to be moved outwardly on the hub 36 sufficiently to clear the washer 47, and after said winter 38 has been reset, the washer 48 can e restored to its normal position, the pointer 37 reset, and the parts again locked by screwing up the nut 49.

It will be evident that a registering device such as that forming the'subject of my inven tion can be constructed as cheaply as an ordinary watch or clock, and hence will form not only an accept-able and economical substitute for the expensive cash registers now in use but also, when of small size, a handy device for being carried u )on the person for keeping record of personal expenditures.

The casing of the registering device may,

if desired, be mounted upon a base carryinga cash drawer, as shown by dotted lines in In carrying out my invention I may, in some cases, omit the pointer 37 and the. graduated circle cooperating therewith, and use but a single totaling pointer for indicating dollars only, since the graduated circle used in connection with such single pointer may be so large in diameter that it will indicate fractional parts of a dollar with sullicient approach to accuracy, and it will also be evident that the use of the knob 14 and intermediate gearing as a means for operating the primary pointer 20 is not essential, since the pointer itself can be directly moved, or the knob 14 can be applied to the spindle 19.

An embodiment of my invention sim lilied in construction, and intended for poc :et

the end of the spindle 17 and the entire mechanism being contained in a casing 51, similar to that of a watch.

1. A' cash registering device having a manually operated primary pointer (:0- operating with a graduated dial, in combination with a lever which is struck and moved by said pointer only on each complete rotation of the same,

2. A cash registerin device having a manually operated primary pointer cooperating with a graduated dial, in combination with a lever which is struck and moved by said pointer only on each complete rotation of the latter, actuated by said lever.

3. A registering device having a primary pointer cooperating with a graduated dial, in combination with a lever which is struck and moved by said pointer only on each complete rotation of the latter, said lever serving as a stop to prevent back movement of the pointer beyond the zero position.

4. A registering device having a primary pointer operating in conjunction with a graduated dial in combination with a lever which is struck and moved by said pointer only on each complete rotation of the same, and a knob and gearinginterposed.between said knob and pointer, whereby said ointer can be turned by said knob in eit 1er diand an alarm device rection.

5. A registering device having, in combination, aprimary pointer and dial, a

position without affecting the position of the totaling pointer.

6. The combination, in a registerin vice, of the totaling shaft or spindle, a pointer rotatable thereon and provided with a hub, a notched washer moving with the shaft or spindle, andmeans for retaining the hub of the pointer in engagement with the notched washer or permitting release of the same from engagement therewith.

7. The combination of the totaling dial spindle, the tubular shaft surrounding the same, pointers, one free to turn on the spindle and the other free to turn on the s 1 aft, notched washers rotating respectivelyv with the shaft and spindle, and a nut for retaining the spindle pointer in engagement with its washer, the latter retaining the other pointer in engagement with its washer.

8. i registering device in which are combined a primary pointer and a graduated dial representing cents, a spindle for said pointer, a totaling ointer and graduated dial representing dollars, a shaft for said pointer, gearing connecting said spindle and shaft, a ratchet and pawl mechanism interposed between the primary pointer and the totaling pointer for imparting movement to the latter, and ratchet and pawl mechanism for preventing back movement of the totaling pointer, whereby, after each forward movement of the primary pointer, the latter can be returned to zero position without atlect-ing the position of the totaling pointer. T

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALLEN F. J. LUCKHURST.

Witnesses:

E. F. \VAYXE, DONALD FINDLEY. 

